At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.